At the last summit in September 2005, the EU and China established a high-level partnership on climate change, the first working meeting of which took place in Vienna on 30 March 2006. The EU-China partnership on climate change creates the framework for a political dialogue and sets out the substantive priorities that are to be followed up by specific projects. The partnership involves the EU-China action plan on clean coal and the plan on energy efficiency and renewables.
The EU and China are not only party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) but also to the Kyoto Protocol, and constantly endeavour to improve cooperation in this area. This meeting is a continuation of the efforts to cut costs in the field of development and dissemination of clean energy technologies in particular and so to prevent climate change. This will be supported by a number of joint research activities.
The partnership is also designed to contribute to stepping up the use of flexible mechanisms between the EU and China under the Kyoto Protocol and to reflecting together on ways of further developing these mechanisms after 2012. This process has already begun at international level under the Climate Change Convention. The EU and China have pioneering roles here in the industrial and developing countries respectively.
Both partners will also use this cooperation to enhance their efforts to improve the energy intensity of their economies and to achieve sustainable economic growth.
Joint Declaration on Climate Change between China and the European Union
Link to EC website on climate change: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/climat/home_en.htm
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